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 mel_lonta_tauda
 
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 Hunter S. Thompson 
#89548 - 07/20/08 10:54 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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i'm just now watching this for the first time, and i figured i'd share with you.
you can't deny the great dr. 
pt. 1
pt. 2
pt. 3
Edited by mel_lonta_tauda (07/20/08 11:09 PM)
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Sativus
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Also, if you like Dr. Gonzo, you should know that he was based on a real person.
And that real person was fuckin' pissed at being portrayed as Samoan.
Oscar Zeta Acosta was a Chicano lawyer in the revolutionary '60s. At the time, hispanics were considered "white" legally, so their schools could be segregated, not subject to Brown vs the Board of Education. Acosta changed that. He also did a lot of acid and peyote.
Anyone interested in Dr Gonzo would do well to read Diary of A Brown Buffalo, and Revolt of the Cockroach People, two sutobiographical novels by Acosta.
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mel_lonta_tauda
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 Re: Hunter S. Thompson [Re: Sativus]
#89585 - 07/20/08 11:31 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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yea i knew about him a little bit
Quote:
And that real person was fuckin' pissed at being portrayed as Samoan.
didn't know about that though. haha
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Yeah, he had a deep streak of Mexi pride
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captain.koons
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson [Re: Sativus]
#89642 - 07/21/08 02:07 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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in the movie "fear and loathing in las vegas" I found the lawyer to be really annoying in the book he was really awesome though.
I'm not watching where the buffalo roam until I read the book :o
are you a hst fan sativus?
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 godspeedyou
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson [Re: captain.koons]
#89670 - 07/21/08 04:56 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I'm definitely going to watch these videos when I get home today.
I loved Fear and Loathing, Johnny Depp was incredible.
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Coaster
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson [Re: godspeedyou]
#89710 - 07/21/08 08:38 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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We are always acting on what has just finished happening. It happened at least 1/30th of a second ago. We think we're in the present, but we aren't. The present we know is only a movie of the past.
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Phriend
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson [Re: Coaster]
#89711 - 07/21/08 08:47 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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His ashes were fired from a cannon atop a 153-foot tower of his own design (in the shape of a double-thumbed fist clutching a peyote button)
thats the way to do it
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Coaster
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson [Re: Phriend]
#89712 - 07/21/08 08:48 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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wtf r there pictures of this awesome thingy
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Phriend
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson [Re: Coaster]
#89715 - 07/21/08 08:52 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I don't know if this is it or not
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Coaster
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson [Re: Phriend]
#89716 - 07/21/08 08:53 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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whoa wut da fluck
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Phriend
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson [Re: Phriend]
#89718 - 07/21/08 08:53 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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another
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Coaster
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson [Re: Phriend]
#89719 - 07/21/08 08:54 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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thats epic
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson [Re: Coaster]
#89730 - 07/21/08 09:11 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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'Gonzo Journalism.
serious business.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson [Re: Phriend]
#89731 - 07/21/08 09:11 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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captain.koons
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson [Re: Phriend]
#89879 - 07/21/08 12:15 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Phriend said:
His ashes were fired from a cannon atop a 153-foot tower of his own design (in the shape of a double-thumbed fist clutching a peyote button)
thats the way to do it
Johnny Depp paid for it all too, that's super awesome of him.
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spacemonkey69
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Im resurrecting Hunter S. Thompson
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“You see this glass bong?” asks Achaan Chaa, the Thai meditation master. “For me this glass is already broken. I enjoy it; I smoke out of it. It holds my water admirably, sometimes even reflecting the sun in beautiful patterns. If I should tap it, it has a lovely ring to it. But when I put this glass bong on the shelf and the wind knocks it over or my elbow brushes it off the table and it falls to the ground and shatters, I say, ‘Of course.’ When I understand that the glass is already broken, every moment with it is precious.”[/quote]
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mel_lonta_tauda
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i still need to get the rest of his work
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Fazed
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I'm a massive fan of HST...I must have read most of his books but still need to complete the collection...got this one a little while ago:
Great pictorial book illustrating his life very well.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson [Re: Coaster]
#251929 - 07/20/09 03:03 PM (16 years, 10 months ago) |
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Coaster said:
We are always acting on what has just finished happening. It happened at least 1/30th of a second ago. We think we're in the present, but we aren't. The present we know is only a movie of the past.
Woah. I found that statement quite perplexing 
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Buddy
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson [Re: Fazed]
#252310 - 07/21/09 07:47 AM (16 years, 10 months ago) |
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He was such a legend. Have they just canceled the Rum diary's movie? That book was brilliant. I read it about 4 times cause it was the only book I had in France for a month.
They're not all Hunter S's books surely. I want to read Hell's angels next. Started reading On the Campaign trail, was pretty terrible really. he wasn't happy with it himself though.
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captain.koons said:
in the movie "fear and loathing in las vegas" I found the lawyer to be really annoying in the book he was really awesome though.
I'm not watching where the buffalo roam until I read the book :o
are you a hst fan sativus?
Del toro was awesome, bro
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson [Re: King Koopa]
#252781 - 07/22/09 11:44 AM (16 years, 10 months ago) |
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What was up with that guy runnin around sayin"does anybody want any LSD? I got all the makings right here. All I need is a place to cook."?
I would have appreciated the movie more if it was more accurate about drugs. Oh man and what about that adrenochrome bullshit? I know HST loved to bend the truth a little to make for a good story but cmon!
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson [Re: LightShedder]
#252782 - 07/22/09 11:52 AM (16 years, 10 months ago) |
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That movie doesn't accurately portray his lifestyle, the majority of the novel Fear And Loathing isn't true.
He didn't want to be recognised by people as the character of himself, more his writing which is just incredible stuff.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson [Re: Fazed]
#252951 - 07/22/09 07:04 PM (16 years, 10 months ago) |
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Fear and loathing the movie is one of my all time favorite movies ever!
Fear and loathing The book is like 9000000000 times better than the movie. It really is a must read. It's lough out load funny. The book is way better AFTER you've seen the movie. That way you can kind of imagine how the scenes looked, how the characters moved, and how things generally acted out. Without the visual aid of the movie I could see some people being totally clueless to whats going on just because of the shear insanity of it all.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson [Re: ronjohn7779]
#253250 - 07/23/09 11:00 AM (16 years, 10 months ago) |
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ronjohn7779 said:
Fear and loathing the movie is one of my all time favorite movies ever!
Fear and loathing The book is like 9000000000 times better than the movie. It really is a must read. It's lough out load funny. The book is way better AFTER you've seen the movie. That way you can kind of imagine how the scenes looked, how the characters moved, and how things generally acted out. Without the visual aid of the movie I could see some people being totally clueless to whats going on just because of the shear insanity of it all.
I TOTALLY AGREE. That is how i exactly did it, and that what i tell people to do as well.
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